The district Bar Association of Alappuzha, Kerala has decided to
abstain from Court proceedings on December 20 in protest against the
brutal killing of its member, Advocate Ranjith Sreenivasan, on Sunday
(December 19) morning. Ranjith, state president of BJP OBC Morcha was
killed by a group of jihadi assailants in front of his mother, wife
and children.
The executive committee of the Association convened a meeting on
Sunday night. On behalf of the Association, the Committee has demanded
that the Police convene a Special Investigative Team to investigate
the killing of Ranjith Sreenivasan. The Committee has also decided
that no member of the Alappuzha Bar will appear for those accused of
the killing.
Advocate Ranjith Sreenivasan was an active member of the Alleppey Bar
Association and was the State Secretary of the OBC Morcha of Bharatiya
Janata Party, Kerala state unit. Earlier, he was the District
Secretary of Bharathiya Abhibashaka Parishad, the Kerala chapter of
the Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad.
On Sunday morning, a twelve-member group of assailants allegedly
belonging to SDPI, the political outfit of the Popular Front of India,
arrived at the residence of Ranjith Sreenivasan. His door was not
locked, as one of his two daughters had just gone out to attend
tuition. Ranjith was sitting inside the house, reading a newspaper,
when the assailants opened the door and entered the house. One of the
assailants hit Ranjith’s face with a hammer, and as he fell, the other
assailants started hacking him with swords. When Ranjith’s mother came
running, she was stopped and made to stand, watch her son getting
killed. One of the assailants held a sword to her neck, and when his
wife and daughter tried to protect him, the wife was hit and kicked.
One of the assailants swung a sword at the minor daughter of Ranjith
but missed.
It is reported that Ranjith was brought dead to the hospital. His face
had been smashed beyond recognition using a hammer. His neck had
almost been severed. It is reported that the killing of Ranjith was in
retaliation for the killing of the state Secretary of the SDPI, KS
Shan, on Saturday evening. Ranjith’s body will be brought to the
Alappuzha district Court complex today for Bar members to pay their
last respect, and later, the body will be taken to his house and then
for cremation.
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